Thank you for choosing to review the debut release of Delphi 8 for the Microsoft .NET Framework. In Delphi 8 for the Microsoft .NET Framework, the power and ease of Delphi has been retained, while adding enhancements to bring you a development platform that best addresses the needs of the Delphi developer community as Windows moves to the .NET environment. This Reviewers Guide has been produced with the aim of facilitating your review process by providing you an overview of the new features, walking you through the installation process, and providing a few simple examples which illustrate the latest advances. You should have received the Architect version of Delphi, a CD with a soft copy of this document and a “demo” directory with some examples that are the basis for the demos described in this document. In order to prepare for the evaluation described in this document, you will need to install Borland Delphi 8 for the Microsoft .NET Framework, Optimizeit Profiler, and StarTeam. Detailed installation instructions are included on the CD for each product. In addition, you will need to copy the \\demo\\employees directory on the Borland Delphi reviewer’s CD to the root of your hard drive, for example to c:\\demo\\employees. You will receive licenses for Delphi, Optimizeit, and StarTeam. You should obtain all of these licenses from a Borland representative